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1. A line or route along which something travels or moves
   "the track of an animal";
   - path, course
    
2. Evidence pointing to a possible solution
   - lead, trail
    
3. A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
    
4. A course over which races are run
   - racetrack, racecourse, raceway
    
5. A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
   "the title track of the album";
   - cut
    
6. An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
   - caterpillar track, caterpillar tread
    
7. (computing) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
   - data track
    
8. A groove on a phonograph recording
    
9. A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railway cars or other vehicles can roll
   - rail, rails, runway
    
10. Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
    - cart track, cartroad
     
11. The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
    - running

1. Carry on the feet and deposit
   "track mud into the house"
    
2. Observe or plot the moving path of something
   "track a missile"
    
3. Go after with the intent to catch
   "The policeman tracked the mugger down the alley";
   - chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after
    
4. Travel across or pass over
   "The caravan tracked almost 100 miles each day";
   - traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
    
5. Make tracks upon

Derived forms: tracking, tracks, tracked

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], bar, belt, bring in, channel, course, create, evidence, excerpt, excerption, extract, follow, groove, grounds, introduce, itinerary, line, make, observe, pass, path, pursue, road, route, selection, track and field

Part of: railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn], streetcar track, track meet [N. Amer], tracked vehicle, tramline, tramway

Encyclopedia: Track